Tooled Snake Belt

[Casey Jordan]

that is completely, totally the coolest..hmmm how's it work?

I guess I kinda overlooked that.

I didn't take pictures of the back of the original, so I will explain here.

I cut a piece off a coat hanger (because I'm cheap and it worked) bent it in a tight loop and then bent it to a 90 degree angle.

Make sure it is a heavy coat hanger. (don't be cheap - spend the extra money)

Made a tracing of the head and down aways on the plug and then skived it to a feather. Punched a hole for the hook, 1/2" from the nose, put that in and punched a hole for the rivit and then rivited the hook on.

Traced the snake on the lining leather (white paper) and punched a hole for the hook.

For the tounge I used a piece of lace, about 4" long. Cut a small slit about 1" from one end and put the hook through the slit and run the other end out where the mouth should be.

Glued the plug with the hook on and then the lining leather.

I hand stitched just behind the eye along the bevel line to the end of the bevel on both sides.

Edged both sides,dyed the edges dark brown and slicked them. Finished with Tan Kote.

Then I cut the tounge to the right length and split the end in a "v".

The other end has holes just like any other belt, following the contours.

Hope this helps, sorry for overlooking it.

[zhh660626]

Works great. Pretty!